Month: June 2021

LGBTQ Older Adults and Dementia Care Challenges

Joygage seeks to help bring awareness to the unique challenges of LGBTQ older adults who are also members of the Alzheimer’s and dementia care community. According to SAGE, the dementia care needs of the LGBTQ community need more attention. A 2014 survey by SAGE reported that 40% of LGBTQ older adults say their health care …

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Supporting the Male Caregivers in Your Life

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Most people tend to think of caregiving as a woman’s job, especially with the average US caregiver being a 49-year-old woman. Today, however, nearly 40% of the caregivers are male, and this traditional view is becoming obsolete. Women living with dementia outnumber their male counterparts by 2 to 1. With the total number of people …

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